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Summary Measures and Graphs
Payroll Taxes (including maximum taxable)

Description of Proposed Provision:
Eliminate the taxable maximum in years 2018 and later. Phase in elimination by taxing all earnings above the current law taxable maximum at 2.48% in 2014, 4.96% in 2015, up to 12.4% in 2018 and later. Credit the additional earnings for benefit purposes by: (a) calculating a second average indexed monthly earnings (AIME+) reflecting only earnings taxed above the current law taxable maximum, (b) applying a 5 percent factor on this newly computed AIME+ to develop a second component of the PIA, and (c) adding this second component to the current-law PIA.

Estimates based on the intermediate assumptions of the 2012 Trustees Report

Summary Measures
[As a percentage of taxable payroll]
Present Law Change from present law Results with this provision
Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year		 Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year		 Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year
-2.67 -4.50 2.11 2.21 -0.56 -2.30


graph of OASDI cost rates and income rates by year, under present law and provision. click on graph to view underlying data. graph of OASDI trust fund ratio by year, under present law and provision. click on graph to view underlying data.
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